Macca is supposedly one of the best places in the world for seeing aurora, considering how close the island is to the South Magnetic Pole. Unfortunately, there's a small problem of the sky being constantly covered by white fluffy things making the light show rather difficult to see.
During the week you may have read about a rather large solar flare and it's these kinds of events that cause the necessary disruption to the atmosphere, causing aurora. On Thursday night, after finishing work around midnight - I suppose that makes it Friday morning really, but I digress - the sky became remarkably clear and I was able to see a large aurora. 'Twas a might pretty.
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| As you can see the aurora was large, but faint. So I had to over expose the photo a fair amount |
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| Also, these photos are a little out of focus.... |
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| It was a this huge sheet covering the southern part of the sky |
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